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A family name on West 7th Avenue, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Fairview and West Point Grey

The Robertsons

In the city directories 1940 · six people at five addresses

The directories print six people named Robertson at five addresses in 1940, all on West 7th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 150 other streets too, all listed on the Robertson name's own page.

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Where the Robertsons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    309 West 7th Avenue

    Mount Pleasant, 1940

    • A J Robertson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E E Ife at 303 and Mrs M Fleming at 315. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1100 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • John G Robertson, a roaster at Dickson Importing 1940

    Next door in 1940: W U Burchell at 1130. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1315 West 7th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M Robertson, widow of P 1940
    • Peter Robertson, a millworker 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs F M McCullough at 1301 and F S Broad at 1317. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1837 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Jessie L Robertson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss L R Boake at 1817 and Mrs H M Specken at 1845. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3381 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • Amelia A Robertson, a nurse 1940

    Next door in 1940: J J R Dumaresq at 3373 and H B Clements at 3391. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the six: a millworker, a nurse and a roaster. One is a widow, listed under her own name.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Kitsilano (2) and Mount Pleasant. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists A J Robertson at 309 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists John G Robertson at 1100 West 7th Avenue, a roaster at Dickson Importing. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M Robertson at 1315 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Margaret Robertson there as the householder, widow of P, with Peter Robertson, a millworker.

The 1940 name section lists Jessie L Robertson at 1837 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Amelia A Robertson at 3381 West 7th Avenue, a nurse.

Today

309 West 7th and 3381 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 309 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1100 West 7th (1986) and 1315 West 7th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 1837 West 7th, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

The book of the Robertsons

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under R. Want a name removed? Tell us.